Defence intelligence staff at the MOD attempted to set up a remote viewing lab to be used in the "war on terror" the study which cost £18000 involved attempting to recruit 12 "experienced" remote veiwers who advertised their abilities on the internet. All 12 refused to take part in the research! Onto plan B, the MOD then used a group of untrained volunteers to try to establish any capability of novices in the field.
18 remote veiwing sessions were held in 2001, the volunteers were taken to a specially prepared room, were blindfolded and asked to identify the contents of sealed brown envelopes. The envelopes contained images of objects and people includind a Knife, Mother Theresa, and "an Asian individual" a number of the "targets" have been censored in the report on the MOD website, but are thought to be Bin Laden, and the mythical WMD's in Iraq.
Most of the volunteers came up with guesses nowhere close to the correct answer, and one even fell asleep trying to concerntrate on the envelopes.

Heavily censored version of the report released under the freedom of information act can be downloaded here

 http://tinyurl.com/2xb53j